Brandy Todd, of the University of Oregon's Oregon Center for Optics, was crowned 2013 Eugene Slug Queen in a raucous ceremony Aug. 9 in downtown. Todd will use her new celebrity to promote science to young girls and boys. More details coming at AroundtheO.

Check out this story in the Register-Guard: http://www.registerguard.com/rg/news/local/30290662-75/queen-science-slu...

Here's a story on Todd's bid for the title: http://around.uoregon.edu/story/brandy-todd/science-slug-queen-candidate...